Ernie Accorsi believes Eli Manning can play “winning, championship football” for at least two more years, and the ex-Giants GM also feels new boss Dave Gettleman will have this team turned around quicker than many believe. Accorsi, addressing a full house at Foley’s NY Pub & Restaurant in Midtown Tuesday night during an NFL Draft roundtable with ex-Newsers Gary Myers and Rich Cimini, said he thinks Manning has several years of competitive football remaining. “I wouldn’t want to put an endline on him, but I do agree with them that he can play winning, championship football for two years,” said Accorsi, who famously swung the 2004 draft day trade to bring Manning to New York. “Now, it may be more. I’m not saying that he can’t do more. But I don’t think there’s any question: What I saw last year in the Philadelphia game with what he had to play with, I definitely think he could still take a team to a title. I mean, … [Read more...] about Ex-Giants GM Ernie Accorsi says Eli Manning has at least two years left of ‘winning, championship football’

BLACKSBURG — Virginia Tech secured a commitment from its second four-star offensive lineman in the 2019 class Tuesday.Bryan Hudson, a 6-foot-4, 290-pound recruit from Georgetown, Kentucky, announced via Twitter his plans to sign with Virginia Tech. The lineman is the 217th-ranked recruit nationally and the No. 11 offensive guard in the ’19 class, according to 247 Sports’ composite rankings.Hudson joins Jesse Hanson of Daleville in the Hokies’ offensive line class. Both are four-star prospects. Tech has five total commitments in its 2019 group.Hudson had more than 20 schools offer, including Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Louisville, LSU and Ohio State. He anchored an offensive line at Scott County High School that averaged 44 points and 313.5 rushing yards per game out of a Wing-T offense. He played on the defensive line as well and made 45 tackles.Hudson is also a Kentucky Class 3A state champion in the shot put.WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHicks leaving HokiesChanette … [Read more...] about In the region: Virginia Tech adds football recruit

How many games will Virginia Tech win in 2018? Fewer than it has in each of the last two years, according to ESPN's Football Power Index projection.The analytical ranking, which takes into account returning starters, past performance, recruiting rankings and coaching tenure in its preseason version, was updated recently with projected win totals for every team, and the Hokies' average, after 10,000 simulations of the season, was 8.0 wins and 4.2 losses.Follow me on Twitter and Facebook.The Hokies have gone 9-4 and 9-3 prior to the bowl game in Justin Fuente's first two seasons at Virginia Tech. They finished last year 20th in ESPN's FPI ranking and 22nd in 2016. From 2012-15, Virginia Tech never finished higher than 41st, bottoming out at 59th in 2012.Tech has the 22nd-highest FPI projection in the country going into the 2018 season and the fourth-highest total in the ACC, behind Clemson, Miami and Florida State.Here's a team-by-team look at the league's FPI … [Read more...] about What does ESPN’s Football Power Index think of the Hokies in 2018?